Full Circle...Adoption Update

My thoughts are drawn to one year ago from today. A year ago I posted THIS about what we learned at our first adoption meeting.

If you read the link to last year's post, here's what has changed after attending the same meeting one year later:

We don't have to wait until Joshua's first birthday to begin our home study and dossier. And our child could be very close to Joshua's age. And my heart is about to leap out of my chest that we are seeing progress. But the only thing that we KNOW is that nothing are no gaurantees. And this journey is going to stretch my little type A (...like coloring in the lines...like-my-little-vacuum lines in the carpet...like-my-budget-to balance just so...like-my-to-do list...put my life on. a. schedule.) soul more than pregnancy stretched my belly... But this too is welcomed growth.

So one trip around the sun later I get to announce that we have begun the adoption process with Bethany Christian Services. I mean really started...first application complete.

I'm not going to lie. I don't wait well. I am praying for patience. I do believe He is sovereign. I do want His will to be done in our lives. But at the same time I'm praying He'll move heaven and earth to make happen what needs to happen.

Daniel 9:17-19
So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.  O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.  O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”